We haven’t had the photos of Michael Fassbender this week in Australia, which has depressed me to no end! Go here to see some of the pics. I linked to them earlier this week too. Fassy has been seen out and about with his costar Alicia Vikander several times. They went surfing with a larger group and then Michael and Alicia were spotted eating lunch together, just the two of them. And now E! News says they are actually dating!
Is Michael Fassbender off the market? The 37-year-old German-born Irish X-Men and Inglorious Basterds hottie has been seeing 26-year-old Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, his co-star and onscreen wife in the new movie The Light Between Oceans, E! News has learned. Reps for both stars had no immediate comment.
“Michael and Alicia are casually dating, spending a lot of time together,” a source told E! News.
On Sunday, the two were photographed together at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. He went surfing and was seen having a meal on the shore with Vikander. The two had filmed parts of The Light Between Oceans in the country.
The movie set for release in 2015 and is based on a 2013 psychological thriller novel by M. L. Stedman. Fassbender plays Tom Sherbourne, a lighthouse keeper who lives on an island in Australia with his wife Isabel, played by Vikander. The two, who have been trying to have a child for years, one day discover a boat that has washed up onshore. On board are a dead man and a living baby, who they raise as their own and name Lucy.
The movie was also filmed in nearby New Zealand. In October, Fassbender and other members of the cast and crew celebrated Vikander’s 26th birthday at a hotel in the Marlborough region, local outlet Stuff.co.nz reported. Also that month, the actor and actress were photographed together at a local spa and massage parlor, as seen on the shop’s Facebook page.
Alicia is a very pretty young woman and I could see why any dude would fall for her. I’m kind of hot for her just because of her amazing skin. Plus, we know the story of this film – Alicia and Fassy play husband and wife The Light Between Oceans. That was one of our CB Book Club selections and I hated the book with a fiery passion (Bedhead hated it too, but CB thought it was okay). I thought Rachel Weisz was playing the wife, but Rachel is playing the biological mother of the foundling baby. Just FYI. I could see how an on-set romance could build between Fassy and Alicia within the story. Most of their scenes are with each other, isolated on that friggin’ lighthouse.
So… Fassy’s got a girlfriend. For now. From what I know about his romantic life, he doesn’t do a lot of longterm relationships. Nicole Beharie lasted for about a year (they started dating when they were promoting Shame) and Zoe Kravitz lasted less than a year… although I think they’re still friends with benefits. Will Alicia last longer than a few months? Who knows.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN, Mon Thai Spa & Massage Facebook.
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